Improved washing-machine



WILLIAM e. HUNTER, or NEWPORT, KENTUCKY'.

Lettere Patent No. 75,762, dated .Marck 24, 1868.

IMPROVED WASHING'MAGHINE- 'tlgi Sartini narra 'tu it than trtta's primano making pnt rf tige time.

Tl) ALL WI-IOM IT MAY, ONGERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. HUNTER, of Newport, in the county ofCampbell, and State of Kentucky,

have invented a vnew and useiul Improvement in Washing- Machines,'ot`which the following is 'a full and clear description, reference'beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

The nature of my improvement in vwashing machines consists in thearrangement ,within the body of thc machine ot' two series of rollers,one series .being located immediateley above the concave bottom, and theother series pivoted to either end of the machine, radiating downwards;also toa. vibrating iinger-bar pivoted in the lid, and operatedV by a.lever hinged to the outer face of the machine.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the washing-machine.

Figure 2 is a transverse 'section of' the same.

Figure 3 is a. perspective view ot' the vibrating finger-bar.

A. is the body of the washing-machine,'provided with the circular bottoma. The ends bof the machine are planevsurfaces, perpendicular .tethccurved bottomva. The Alid A is hinged to 'the front'otthe body It isperforated in the centre forl the receptionof the cylindrical box B,which has axial arms ]'ournalled in thc lid A. The cylindrical box B isconstructed with a diametrical opening, in which the arm C of thevibrating linger-bar D is adjusted, and secured in place by the pian c.Said pin c passes through perforations in the cylindrical box, B,and-arm C. A cross-head E is secured to the arm C within the body A ofthemachine. It is provided with a. number of fingers, E', which projectdownward. The two fingers at each end of the cross-head Ediverge to thefront and rear, not being in the plane ofthe central ingers. Theexternal end, c', of' the arm C is pivoted to theconnecting-rod G, andthe opposite end of the rod Gr is pivoted to the lever H. flhe lever- His pivoted'to the front end of the body ot' the machineat d. Immediatelyabove the bottom, a, of thc body A, ore the rollers I, journalled in theends'b of the machine. Series` of radiating rollers, K, placed near andparallel to the ends a ofthe machine, are so journalled that they rotatefreely, as do the rollers in the bottom of the machine.

` Operation. The requisite amount of water having been placed intheibody Aoi' the machine, and the clothes to be washed, the lid A isclosed andksecuredin place. When the hulk of clot-hes to be operatedupon is great, the arm C of the vibra-ting finger-bai` Dis drawn upthrough the` opening in thecylindricalbox B to such a height that thefingers E E shall be'wcaused to engage the articles being washed withoutpressing them down upon the rollers I with'too much force to impede the`easy operation of washing, which is accomplished by the operator,whograspsthc free end-of the lever I-I, moving back and forth. Theclothes under `the iingersE are pressed over and upon th -rollers asthey are moved to and tro, and are worked upon in a manner similar tothat undergone when the hands areused'in place of the ingers E.E. Theradiating rollers K, while they prevent the bunching up of theclot-beset each end of the machine, serve the same purpose in4 theoperation of' washing as do the rollersI i What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, isv The rollers I andK,"tl1ejfvibrating inger-bar D,.ha'vingthe lcross-head E, and fingers EE', the cylindrical box B, pin C, andconnectingwod G, and lever-H, whenthe same are constructed and arranged substantially as herein describedand for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM C. HUNTER. Witnesses:

W. A. HUNTER,- C. L. FISHER.

